Information for Sensor and Index

Formula

General Formula	$\frac{2 NIR + 1 - \sqrt{{(2 NIR + 1)}^{2} - 8 (NIR - RED)}}{2}$
Specific Formula	$\frac{2 near_infrared + 1 - \sqrt{{(2 near_infrared + 1)}^{2} - 8 (near_infrared - red)}}{2}$
Calculated	Automatic
Comment

Sensor

Name	SPOT 5
Full Name	SystÃ¨me Probatoire dâ€™Observation de la Terre, spÃ¤ter: Satellite Pour lâ€™Observation de la Terre
Bands	5
Spectrum [nm]	480-1750
Spat.Res. [m]	2.5-20
Inclination	98.7
Platform	SPOT
Operator	CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales)
Date of Launch	2002-05-04
Comment	Stereo capability
Usable for Indices	yes
Description

Index

Name	Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index
Abbreviation	MSAVI
Formula	$\frac{2 NIR + 1 - \sqrt{{(2 NIR + 1)}^{2} - 8 (NIR - RED)}}{2}$
Variables
Expl. of Variables
Wavelengths	640:760,780:1400
Source	Original formula
Description

References

Nr.	Author/Title	Year	Comment
1	Qi, J.; Chehbouni, A.; Huete, A. R.; Kerr, Y. H.; Sorooshian, S. - A modified soil adjusted vegetation index	1994
2	Rondeaux, GeneviÃ¨ve; Steven, Michael; Baret, FrÃ©dÃ©ric - Optimization of soil-adjusted vegetation indices	1996

Visualisation

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